With simply months left for the T20 World Cup 2024 match to start, the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) has shared an replace on Nassau County Worldwide Cricket Stadium development in New York, which is scheduled to host probably the most anticipated match between India and Pakistan on June 9.
Not simply Pakistan, India will face Eire and the hosts USA on the similar venue in the course of the group stage of the T20 World Cup.
Over the previous month, the East Stand of the stadium, designed to accommodate 12,500 followers, has began to take form, as cranes lifting the modular framework may very well be seen within the video shared by the ICC.
Aside from this, the preparation work has additionally begun on the stadium’s outfield and the north and south premium hospitality and media pavilions.
“This can be very thrilling to see the progress made within the development of the Nassau County Worldwide Cricket Stadium in New York over the previous month. Work on the outfield commenced in January and up to now few weeks the East Stand framework has began to take form,” mentioned Chris Tetley, the ICC’s head of occasions.
This is the video:
Nevertheless, the climate, particularly snowfall within the third week of February, has delayed the development of the stadium work.
Earlier on January 5, the ICC unveiled the schedule for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2024. India will play archrivals Pakistan on June 9 on the new Nassau County Worldwide Stadium in New York’s Lengthy Island. The ICC had mentioned a 34,000-seat momentary stadium could be constructed for the match.
However within the first week of January, the development work had not but begun on the Nassau County Worldwide Stadium, claimed American cricket journalist Peter Della Penna.
The Nassau County gained the bid to construct a cricket venue in Eisenhower Park since New York Metropolis’s unique plan to construct a 34,000-seat stadium in Van Cortland Park within the Bronx was halted, in response to a report by WABC-TV. Ever for the reason that Nassau County venue was chosen to host the T20 World Cup 2024, New York Mayor Eric Adams has been dealing with extreme opposition.
Nassau Nation assertion
In the meantime, Nassau Nation had issued an announcement assuring those that the proposed momentary cricket stadium for the 2024 T20 Cricket World Cup is not going to have a big opposed environmental impression.
It added that the ICC has sought a ‘Use and Occupancy Allow from Nassau County to host 2024 Twenty20 (T20) Cricket World Cup matches inside an roughly 40-acre portion of Nassau County-owned Eisenhower Park and in an roughly seven-acre portion of the roughly 127-acre Cantiague Park’.
The county assured the those that approval of proposed motion would facilitate the development of a brief cricket venue, that would come with a brief stadium with a capability of roughly 34,000 seats. It might be used to host 5 matches between June 4, 2024, and June 12, 2024, and embrace a ‘fan zone’, meals and beverage area, operations services, a safety compound, and a warm-up area for World Cup gamers, all inside a secured space.
“The momentary stadium could be constructed of modular metal and aluminium know-how. The venue’s different services could be comprised of marquee tents and modular buildings. The venture is positioned in East Meadow, New York,” Nassau County mentioned.
ICC schedule for T20 World Cup 2024:
The T20 World Cup 2024 can be co-hosted by the USA and West Indies from June 1 to 29. A complete of three venues within the USA and 6 within the Caribbean can be used for the match.
Forty-one matches can be performed within the Caribbean throughout six completely different islands, with the semi-finals in Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana and the title decider scheduled to be performed in Barbados on June 29, the ICC mentioned.
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Printed: 06 Mar 2024, 09:11 PM IST
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